Inside Journalism
Journalists in the News: Daily Mirror editor quits
Daily Mirror Editor Alison Phillips is stepping down at the end of the month. Caroline Waterston, editor-in-chief for Reach magazines is going to take over the role on an interim basis, according to The Times.
When the Mirror was launched in 1903 it was heralded as a newspaper by women and for women but when Phillips took over as editor in 2018 she was the first female editor in over a century.
The Mirror has been haemorrhaging readers for decades. Its circulation figures have fallen below 250,000.
Phillips’ departure follows the announcement by Reach (which also owns the Express, Daily Record and Daily Star titles) that it was cutting 450 jobs. Many in the media are now speculating about the long term future of the Mirror.
The Labour Party will be watching these developments with concern. For generations the Mirror has been the only left-leaning voice among the tabloids and Labour strategists fear they may struggle to get a fair hearing from the Tory supporting Sun, Mail, Star and Express.
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism is hosting a seminar to explore issues relating to AI journalism.
Methodologies for tracking and reporting AI is part of the Global Journalism Seminar series run by the Institute.
Emmy-award winning journalism Professor Hilke Schellmann will deliver the talk at 1pm on 14th February.
For more details or to register, click here.
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has come out fighting in 2024 – already agreeing to be grilled in TV interviews by Laura Kuenssberg and Piers Morgan.
And later this week ITV will broadcast “Rishi Sunak: Up Close” – a programme that promises to deliver to some personal insights into the famously image-conscious prime minister.
Deputy political editor of ITV News, Anushka Asthana, got rare access to Sunak as he returned to his family home in Southampton and joined him as he watched Saints at St Mary’s.
Media watchers and Tory strategists will be carefully watching how Sunak performs.
They’ll want to see if he can handle the confrontational approach of the sit-down interviews, while also coming across a a normal human being in the long-form documentary format.
BBC Local Radio audiences declined by 10% in the second half of last year, according to the latest RAJAR figures.
The results follow major restructuring at the BBC that saw established local radio presenters leaving the corporation and an increase in programme sharing across regions.
Analysis by Press Gazette found that the BBC’s local radio services in England collectively had a weekly reach of 4.9 million in the Q4. Full report here.
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